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contention 音标拼音: [kənt'ɛnʃən] n. 争论,争辩,所持的论点 争论,争辩,所持的论点 contention争用; 竞争; 冲突 contention竞争 contention n 1: a point asserted as part of an argument 2: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; " they were involved in a violent argument" [ synonym: { controversy}, { contention}, { contestation}, { disputation}, { disceptation}, { tilt}, { argument}, { arguing}] 3: the act of competing as for profit or a prize; " the teams were in fierce contention for first place" [ synonym: { competition}, { contention}, { rivalry}] [ ant: { cooperation}] Contention \ Con* ten" tion\, n. [ F. contention, L. contentio. See { Contend}.] 1. A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife. [ 1913 Webster] I would my arms could match thee in contention. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention. [ 1913 Webster] Contentions and strivings about the law. -- Titus iii. 9. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal. [ 1913 Webster] An end . . . worthy our utmost contention to obtain. -- Rogers. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for. [ 1913 Webster] All men seem agreed what is to be done; the contention is how the subject is to be divided and defined. -- Bagehot. [ 1913 Webster] This was my original contention, and I still maintain that you should abide by your former decision. -- Jowett. Syn: Struggle; strife; contest; quarrel; combat; conflict; feud; litigation; controversy; dissension; variance; disagreement; debate; competition; emulation. Usage: { Contention}, { Strife}. A struggle between two parties is the idea common to these two words. Strife is a struggle for mastery; contention is a struggle for the possession of some desired object, or the accomplishment of some favorite end. Neither of the words is necessarily used in a bad sense, since there may be a generous strife or contention between two friends as to which shall incur danger or submit to sacrifices. Ordinarily, however, these words denote a struggle arising from bad passions. In that case, strife usually springs from a quarrelsome temper, and contention from, a selfish spirit which seeks its own aggrandizement, or is fearful lest others should obtain too much. Strife has more reference to the manner than to the object of a struggle, while contention takes more account of the end to be gained. [ 1913 Webster] 167 Moby Thesaurus words for " contention": Discordia, Eris, altercation, antagonism, anteposition, antipathy, antithesis, apologetics, apologia, apology, argument, argumentation, argumentative, bellicose, belligerence, belligerent, bicker, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, bucking, captious, carping, casuistry, caviling, challenge, clash, clashing, collision, combative, conflict, confrontation, confrontment, contentious, contestation, contradiction, contraposition, contrariety, contrary, contrast, contravention, contraversion, controversial, controversy, counteraction, counterworking, crosscurrent, crossing, defense, denial, despitefulness, difference, disaccord, disaffinity, discord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, disputation, disputatious, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, embroilment, enmity, faultfinding, feud, fiery, fight, fliting, flyting, fracas, friction, froward, fuss, hassle, hasty, hate, hatred, head wind, hostility, hotheaded, hubbub, hurrah, imbroglio, impetuous, impugnation, impugnment, incompatibility, incompatibleness, inharmoniousness, inharmony, jangle, jar, litigation, litigious, logomachy, malevolence, malice, malignity, militant, mischief, negation, noncooperation, open conflict, open quarrel, opposing, opposition, opposure, oppugnation, paper war, passage of arms, peppery, perverse, polar opposition, polarity, polarization, polemic, polemical, polemics, posing against, pugnacious, quarrel, quarrelsome, quarrelsomeness, rebutment, rebuttal, refusal, rejection, repugnance, resistance, rhubarb, rub, rumpus, scrappy, set- to, sharp words, slanging match, snarl, spat, spite, spitefulness, squabble, standing against, strained relations, strife, tension, tiff, traversal, truculent, tussle, undercurrent, unharmoniousness, unpleasantness, variance, vendetta, verbal engagement, war of words, warlike, words, wrangle, wrangling |
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